The work conditions during the Industrial Revolution had an intense and often harmful effect on children who were forced to work. The main reason that factory owners employed children was because of their small size‚ so they could fit into small spaces and use their hands to unclog machines if they were jammed. Children were also cheap to employ‚ and they usually agreed to punishment‚ unlike the adults working. One of the most common jobs that children had to pursue was working in the textile industry
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and merchants. People were divided from landowning elite to the peasants. Now in the great year of 1830‚ people are now industrial capitalist‚ inventors‚ laborers‚ shopkeepers‚ and factory clerks. Before‚ to be in an upper class it was based on birth‚ now it is based on education‚ so anybody can be in the upper class. We‚ as Englishmen‚ had a head start on the industrial revolution‚ our cotton industry is booming‚ we have railroads invented for fast transportation‚ and the steam engine puts a demand
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During the Industrial Revolution‚ much progress was made in the production and consumption of goods. Because of the production and sales of so many goods‚ the entire continent prospered. This would not have been possible without child labor. Much of the progress during the Industrial Revolution was due to child labor. The benefits of child labor greatly outweigh the drawbacks because the economy improved‚ the factories gained money ‚ and the children benefitted. The factories benefitted greatly
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Most people left their farms because of the enclosure system and moved to the towns the move from countryside to towns is call “urbanization”.Children living in urban areas during the industrial revolution had no option but to become miners‚factory workers or street kids. Most of the children were orphans (the life expectancy was not very high) and had no one to stand up for them. Mines: Around this time the demand for coal was increasing‚ because there was a shortage of flammable sources and
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Prior to the industrial revolution‚ human had not done much to leave much of a footprint on earth. However‚ from the very first industrial revolution‚ up until now‚ a mere approximation of 250 years. In just this time we‚ as humans have cared for there to be a substantial increase in carbon dioxide‚ methane‚ and nitrous oxide. There are also over 5.25 trillion pieces of trash in just the ocean alone. In addition‚ human activity during this has led to extinction‚ danger of extinction‚ and misplacement
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The Industrial revolution provided an opportunity for a handful of Americans to amass a great deal of wealth and prosper. The conditions that allowed for the rise of these Americans were cheap labor‚ a lack of government regulations‚ and improved technology in manufacturing and communications. Some Americans were convinced that these industrialists were crooks‚ stealing from the public to build their fortunes. By increasing goods‚ creating jobs and expanding markets‚ others would argue they were
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post 1689 19 November 2013 Analysis of The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a period of great change. Many new innovations that no one had ever seen before were being produced during this time period. It was somewhat of a cultural phenomenon that influenced people’s lives forever. This time period in history was very eventful because the age of enlightenment‚ The American Revolution‚ and The French Revolution all took place during this time period. The most important thing that
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The Industrial Revolution‚ 1760-1850 The Industrial Revolution transformed human life by changing methods of manufacturing‚ the way people made a living‚ and the products available to them. The Nature of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution took place in England in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It was made up of four sets of changes: first‚ the introduction of new technology; second‚ the use of new mineral sources of energy; third‚ a concentration of workers in factories;
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children. This practice is illegal in many countries. In rich countries it is considered as a human rights violation. Child labor goes back a long way in time. During the Victorian era‚ many young children were made to work in factories and mines and as chimney sweeps. Child labor played an important role in the Industrial Revolution. Charles Dickens worked at the age of 12 in the Blacking Factory‚ while his family was in debtor’s prison. In those days‚ children as young as four were employed
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During the Industrial Revolution‚ many children regardless of age were used for their labor. “Although children had been servants and apprentices throughout most of human history‚ child labor reached new extremes during the Industrial Revolution” . This worsened as more groups began to migrate to America. Children faced unfair and unhealthy working conditions‚ often having to neglect their education to make money with their families and being paid less than adults. With the turn of the 20th century
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